I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 教授;(大學(xué)的)講師,教員;自稱者,宣稱者;
?? pro在前面+fess說+or人→在前面說話的人→教授
"With the words he handed Professor Wang a tube."
說著他交給王教授一個試管.
近義:instructor, master, schoolmaster, schoolteacher, teacher, beak
反義:schoolboy, schoolchild, student, trainee, undergraduate, scholar
adj. 最后的,最終的;決定性的;不可更改的;
n. 結(jié)局;決賽;期末考試;〈口〉(報紙的)末版;
?? fin =end,boundary,表示”結(jié)束,范圍”#詞根助記:來自于法語final和拉丁語finalis, 表示 end (結(jié)束)
"Teachers always judge their students on the final examination."
老師常根據(jù)期末考試來評價他們的學(xué)生.
近義:last, absolute, momentous, peremptory, plump, terminal
n. 協(xié)商,討論;建議;策略;法律顧問,辯護人;
vt. 勸告,建議;提供專業(yè)咨詢;
?? coun(com-=together)+sel(to take)→商議;商量;忠告
"Listen to the counsel of your elders."
要聽從長輩的忠告。
近義:rede, warn, caution, caveat, admonish, advise
反義:mouthpiece, pettifogger, barrater, barrator, shyster, chicaner
vt. 核實;證明;判定;
?? veri真實+fy使...→使真實→核實
"People began verify their scientific hypotheses by stringent tests."
人們開始用精確的試驗證實自己的科學(xué)假說.
近義:approve, ascertain, prove, ratify, reaffirm, sanction
反義:question, disbelieve, misbelieve, challenge, confute, discredit
a. 投入的, 深愛的
近義:loving, pietistic, pious, prayerful, tender, warm
反義:heretic, schismatic, schismatical, unorthodox, dissident, divergent
a. 傾斜的, 衰退中的
近義:decadent, decaying, aging, falling, flagging
反義:ascendant, ascendent, rising, uphill, upline, upward